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A review by aceinit
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
4.0
Aside from the first installment "A Madness of Angels," this was my favorite of the Matthew Swyft books. There is a side to Matthew here I don't feel that readers have seen before, in the way his brief acquaintance with Meera affects him. There is the devastation caused when the Blue Electric Angels are unleashed in a way they have never been before, thanks to an infusion of a truly horrific drug aimed at sorcerers.
The only thing that really rang false for me is when the third interlude shifts to Penny's perspective and she suddenly becomes flawlessly eloquent and very un-Penny-like. I've never really cared for Swyft's apprentice, but here she is wildly out of character and it shows in such a way that it detracts from the momentum of the narrative.
Nabeela was a wonderful addition to the cast, and another modern twist on a creature of myth. Throughout this series, I have loved reading Griffin's very unique and modern taken on magic. This is one of the few urban fantasy series I've read that takes the "urban" part very, very seriously.
And then there is Kelly....bless her ever-charming, somtimes obnoxious, perpetually-perky wunderPA heart. Kelly could grow on me.
Griffin has crafted an interesting conclusion to this novel, which could serve both as a resolution to the series and a prelude to a future installment. I very much hope it is the latter.
The only thing that really rang false for me is when the third interlude shifts to Penny's perspective and she suddenly becomes flawlessly eloquent and very un-Penny-like. I've never really cared for Swyft's apprentice, but here she is wildly out of character and it shows in such a way that it detracts from the momentum of the narrative.
Nabeela was a wonderful addition to the cast, and another modern twist on a creature of myth. Throughout this series, I have loved reading Griffin's very unique and modern taken on magic. This is one of the few urban fantasy series I've read that takes the "urban" part very, very seriously.
And then there is Kelly....bless her ever-charming, somtimes obnoxious, perpetually-perky wunderPA heart. Kelly could grow on me.
Griffin has crafted an interesting conclusion to this novel, which could serve both as a resolution to the series and a prelude to a future installment. I very much hope it is the latter.